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Depth and Complexity Novel Study for Where the Red Fern Grows

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Reading and Responding to Where the Red Fern Grows with Depth and Complexity! Bring your students’ thinking and discussion to a whole new level while reading Wilson Rawls’s Where the Red Fern Grows. This critical thinking companion resource is designed to “dig deeper” when compared to traditional…

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Grade
Grade 5
Subject
Reading
Pages
24
Answer key
Not Included
Teaching duration
4 Weeks
Digital download
PDF

Description

Reading and Responding to Where the Red Fern Grows with Depth and Complexity!

Bring your students’ thinking and discussion to a whole new level while reading Wilson Rawls’s Where the Red Fern Grows. This critical thinking companion resource is designed to “dig deeper” when compared to traditional novel worksheets available. Each chapter has a unique graphic organizer that contains 4 critical thinking questions questions and 1 related “Core Question”. All questions within the graphic organizers are open-ended, can be answered in multiple ways, and encourage textual support from the book.

This teaching tool can be applied in multiple ways…

*”Expert Group” Sharing

*”Jig Saw” Activity

*Whole-Class “Shared Reading”

*”Think-Pair-Shares”

*”Literature Circle” Activity

*Writing Prompts

*Assessments

➡FREE Depth and Complexity Posters

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IMPORTANT: This resource has recently been reformatted. Please read through the product description carefully and download the preview to see exactly what is included.

This resource was created based on the Depth and Complexity framework, which was developed by Dr. Sandra Kaplan under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Research and Improvement: 1996

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Reviews

5.0
192 reviews

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Susan S.

Perfect for GATE students

Gretchen L.

Awesome! Can't wait to use it- great job!

Teacher Thrive

Thank you!

Questions & Answers (5)

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Natalie S.

Do you have a bundle of Depth and Complexity novel studies?

Teacher Thrive

Thank you for your interest! No, we do not have a bundle with these. We were able to automate the build-your-own-bundle process in our off-site store if you’d like to receive a discount on multiple novel study units, you can visit https://teacherthrive.com/byob

LUCY C.

Hello, have vocab words been organized in the order they're found in the book??

Teacher Thrive

Hi Lucy. This resource does not include vocabulary instruction.

Anonymous

should billy have gooten the dogs

Jessica K.

Do these have example answer keys included?

Teacher Thrive

Hi Jessica. No, example answers are not provided. These questions are designed to be answered and supported in multiple ways.

Jennifer P.

I'm having problems downloading.

Teacher Thrive

Oh no! Haven't encountered this problem before.. Can you email me and I will reply right away with the file attached? GotToTeach [at] icloud [dot] com.

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